Invited Faculty

Subject to Change

Jeffrey D. Bettinger, MD, FACEP Managing Member, Bettinger, Stimler & Associates, L.L.C., Pinecrest, Florida; Chairman, Medical Economics Committee, Florida ACEP; Member, Reimbursement Committee, ACEP

Caral L. Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P, CHC
President/CEO, Medical Management Resources, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida a TeamHealth Company; Member, National Advisory Board, American Academy of Professional Coders; Author/Editor, ED Answer Book; Editorial Advisory Board of ED Coding Alert, APC Alert and ED Management; Co-Author, Procedure Coding for Emergency Medicine; Emergency Department Management-Principles and Applications; Consulting Editor, Coding and Reimbursement Guide for Emergency Medicine

Edward R. Gaines, III, JD, CCP
Senior Vice President, Compliance and General Counsel, Healthcare Business Resources, Inc., Durham, NC; Co-Founder, Past Chairman and Current Board Member, Emergency Department Practice Management Association, McLean, Virginia; Fellow, Certified Compliance Professional (CCP) and Board Member, The Health Ethics Trust, Alexandria, Virginia; Member, Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States and North Carolina State Bar

Michael A. Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP
President, Medical Reimbursement Systems; Editor, ED Coding Alert; Member, Coding and Nomenclature Committee, ACEP; Member, Reimbursement Committee, ACEP; Member, American Academy of Professional Coders; Chief Financial Officer, Greater Washington Emergency Physicians; Technical Editor, American Academy of Professional Coders, Specialty Credential Study Guide for Emergency Medicine; Course Director, 2007 Reimbursement Trends and Strategies in Emergency Medicine/Advanced Procedure Coding for Emergency Medicine

Thom A. Mayer, MD, FACEP Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke University School of Medicine; Medical Director, The Studer Group; President and CEO, BestPractices, Inc.; Medical Director, NFL Players Association

David A. McKenzie, CAE
Reimbursement Director, ACEP, Irving, Texas; Staff Contact, AMA RVS Update Committee and CPT Advisory Committee; Liaison to ACEP Reimbursement and Coding and Nomenclature Advisory Committees

David C. Packo, MD, FACEP President/Co-Founder, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Canton, OH; Board of Directors, Affinity Medical Center, Massillon, OH; Member, Educational Meetings Subcommittee, ACEP; Member, Coding and Nomenclature, and Reimbursement Committees, ACEP; Executive Committee and Treasurer, OH ACEP; Member, Reimbursement Committee, OH ACEP; Member, Government Affairs Committee, OH ACEP

B. Joshua Rubin, MD, FACEP
President, Western Region EMP Management Group; Member; ACEP's Coding and Nomenclature Committee; Member ACEP's, Reimbursement Committee

Candace E. Shaeffer, RN, MBA, RHIA
Vice President, Coding Policy, LYNX Medical Systems, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Faculty, University of Washington Health Information Administration Program; Contributing Writer, APC Answer Letter; Member, Coding and Nomenclature Committee, ACEP

Todd Thomas, CPC, CCS-P
President, Thomas and Associates; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Past-President, Oklahoma City Chapter, American Academy of Professional Coders; Member, ED Coding Alert Editorial Advisory Panel; Member, ACEP Coding and Nomenclature Advisory Committee